Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research
Published October 31, 2022 | Version v1
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Biogas production from corn silage and sludge

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  • 1. Laboratoire des Semis Conducteurs et d'Energie Solaire (LASES), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal.
  • 2. Institut für Pflanzenökologie, Heinrich-Buƒƒ-Ring 26, 35392 Gieβen, Germany

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Abstract Climate change has adverse effects on the quality and quantity of plants in general and those of energy crops in particular used for biogas production. The purpose of the study is to improve the amount of biogas obtained through energy crops. In order to limit the damage caused by climate change on the production of biogas from energy crops, it was proposed to determine the quantity of biogas produced by corn silage and the sludge chosen instead of water.

0.8 L of sludge were introduced with 150 g of corn silage or 151.15 g of dry organic matter (DOM) which allowed us to obtain 49.5 L of biogas including 29.7 L of methane (CH4) i.e. a content of 60%. These values brought back to the standards give 46.9 NL of biogas and 28.2 NL of CH4. The corrected volumes give 46.4 NL of biogas and 33.9 NL of CH4, i.e. a percentage of 73%.

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